The REPORTER
The Carmel girls swim team is halfway to extending its state championship record.
The Greyhounds had a dominating day at the Noblesville sectional finals last Saturday, winning 11 of 12 events. More importantly, Carmel qualified 24 of its 27 swims on to this Friday’s state prelims at the IU Natatorium in downtown Indianapolis. The ‘Hounds have won a state-leading 41 sectional trophies, including the last 40 in a row.
All 10 of the Greyhounds’ swimming victories were under the state cut time, which guarantees an automatic spot at state. Lynsey Bowen won the 200 and 500 freestyles, with Molly Sweeney claiming the individual medley and breaststroke events. Alex Shackell was first in the butterfly and backstroke.
Freshman Faith Gorey won the 50 free, while Grace Dougherty was first in the 100 free. Carmel also won the medley relay (Dougherty, Sweeney, Shackell and Lillian Clark) and the 400 free relay (Alexandra Ward, Sophia Floyd, Kayla Barr and Bowen).
The Greyhounds also had a great day on the diving board, with Melaina Munson winning the event, Helena Gibson placing second and Eeva-Liisa Gibson taking fourth. All three advance to Tuesday’s diving regional at Fort Wayne South Side.
State cut qualifiers for Carmel are Ward and Alyssa Street in both the 200 and 500 freestyles, Lucy Enoch and Barr in the IM, Madelyn Lathrop in the 50 free, Gorey in the butterfly, Floyd and Addyson Czarnecki in the 100 free, Dougherty and Barr in the backstroke and Enoch and Czarnecki in the breaststroke. Priscilla Smith finished 0.01 seconds off the state cut in the 50 free but is very likely to get a callback in the event once the results from around the state are compiled. Brooke Cummings may get a callback in the butterfly as well.
Noblesville finished second as a team with 417 points. The Millers had one victory: Ellie Hayward, Julia Santerre, Mia Field and Maya McDonald won the 200 free relay. Noblesville also qualified its two other relays, with Haddie Vohs, McDonald, Emily Knott and Exley Tricker making the cut in the medley relay, and Vohs, Knott, Hayward and Tricker getting a cut time in the 400 free relay.
Vohs earned state cuts in the 200 free and butterfly, with McDonald a close second in the breaststroke, well under the cut time. Eryn McMahon placed third in diving and will advance to the regional.
Westfield took third as a team with 359 points. Kate Cassidy qualified for state with a cut time in the 500 free.
AT CARMEL
Team scores: Carmel 549, Noblesville 417, Westfield 359, Kokomo 147, Maconaquah 135, Western 130, Tipton 125, Guerin Catholic 122, Northwestern 102, Eastern 74.
200 medley relay (State cut 1:49.12)
“A” Final: 1. Carmel (Grace Dougherty, Molly Sweeney, Alex Shackell, Lillian Clark) 1:42.78, 2. Noblesville (Haddie Vohs, Maya McDonald, Emily Knott, Exley Tricker) 1:47.08, 3. Westfield (Eliana Hill, Alexandra Irvin, Nora Sperry, Maggie Alley) 1:51.79, 7. Guerin Catholic (Maggie Schlick, Katie Scott, Kalen Moe, Molly Deppen) 2:09.30.
200 freestyle (State cut 1:54.10)
“A” Final: 1. Lynsey Bowen (C) 1:47.85, 2. Alexandra Ward (C) 1:48.54, 3. Alyssa Street (C) 1:50.76, 4. Vohs (N) 1:51.20, 5. Gracie Alley (W) 1:58.06, 6. Kate Cassidy (W) 1:58.22, 7. Olivia Motz (N) 1:59.38.
“B” Final: 9. Greta Smith (W) 2:03.90, 11. Bridget Keller (GC) 2:07.36, 12. Anna Miller (N) 2:08.52, 16. Moe (GC) 2:20.50.
200 individual medley (State cut 2:08.34)
“A” Final: 1. Sweeney (C) 2:01.14, 2. Lucy Enoch (C) 2:03.86, 3. Kayla Barr (C) 2:03.88, 4. Irvin (W) 2:14.44, 5. M. Alley (W) 2:14.85, 6. Mia Field (N) 2:15.01, 7. Hill (W) 2:19.42, 8. Kyra Blackwell (N) 2:19.69.
“B” Final: 9. E. Knott (N) 2:17.89, 10. Kara Van Woerkom (GC) 2:28.45, 16. Scott (GC) 2:48.31.
50 freestyle (State cut 24.19)
“A” Final: 1. Faith Gorey (C) 23.43, 3. Madelyn Lathrop (C) 24.13, 4. Priscilla Smith (C) 24.20, 6. Ellie Hayward (N) 25.20, 7. Anna McKeown (W) 25.28, 8. Julia Santerre (N) 25.58.
One-meter diving (Top four advance to regional)
Finals: 1. Melaina Munson (C) 406.75, 2. Helena Gibson (C) 387.65, 3. Eryn McMahon (N) 386.75, 4. Eeva-Liisa Gibson (C) 356.15, 6. Anna Ososki (GC) 301.90, 7. Alexis Ball (W) 278.70.
100 butterfly (State cut 57.19)
“A” Final: 1. Shackell (C) 51.21, 2. Gorey (C) 55.47, 3. Vohs (N) 56.43, 4. Brooke Cummings (C) 58.36, 5. Knott (N) 58.42, 7. Sperry (W) 1:00.56, 8. Macy Brown (W) 1:03.22.
“B” Final: 9. Katie Sutton (N) 1:03.21, 11. Alina Reuter (W) 1:06.75, 15. Deppen (GC) 1:13.52.
100 freestyle (State cut 52.62)
“A” Final: 1. Dougherty (C) 50.67, 2. Sophia Floyd (C) 51.71, 3. Addyson Czarnecki (C) 51.78, 4. McDonald (N) 53.34, 5. Hayward (N) 54.79, 6. Field (N) 55.65, 7. M. Alley (W) 55.94.
“B” Final: 9. McKeown (W) 57.68, 13. Marie Rocca (W) 1:01.00, 15. Schlick (GC) 1:01.87.
500 freestyle (State cut 5:08.30)
“A” Final: 1. Bowen (C) 4:47.15, 2. Ward (C) 4:48.63, 3. Street (C) 4:49.67, 4. Cassidy (W) 5:06.46, 5. G. Alley (W) 5:15.72, 6. Motz (N) 5:22.41, 7. Tricker (N) 5:25.09, 8. Sutton (N) 5:30.31.
“B” Final: 9. Keller (GC) 5:35.01, 10. Isabella McNally (W) 5:36.30, 13. Van Woerkom (GC) 5:51.39.
200 freestyle relay (State cut 1:39.13)
“A” Final: 1. Noblesville (Hayward, Santerre, Field, McDonald) 1:39.61, 2. Westfield (McKeown, Sperry, M. Alley, Irvin) 1:41.40, Carmel DQ.
“B” Final: 9. Guerin Catholic (Ellie Gove, Deppen, Keller, Van Woerkom) 1:57.08.
100 backstroke (State cut 57.39)
“A” Final: 1. Shackell (C) 52.65, 3. Dougherty (C) 56.52, 4. Barr (C) 56.93, 5. Hill (W) 1:00.02, 6. Santerre (N) 1:00.76, 7. Mallory Mehringer (N) 1:03.32, 8. Alli Knott (N) 1:04.55.
“B” Final: 9. Smith (W) 1:03.73, 10. Brown (W) 1:04.71, 13. Schlick (GC) 1:10.09.
100 breaststroke (State cut 1:05.91)
“A” Final: 1. Sweeney (C) 1:02.20, 2. McDonald (N) 1:02.24, 3. Enoch (C) 1:03.42, 4. Czarnecki (C) 1:04.10, 5. Sperry (W) 1:08.13, 6. Tricker (N) 1:08.43, 7. Blackwell (N) 1:09.07, 8. Irvin (W) 1:10.22.
“B” Final: 9. Scott (GC) 1:15.61, 10. Rocca (W) 1:16.41.
400 freestyle relay (State cut 3:36.46)
“A” Final: 1. Carmel (Ward, Floyd, Barr, Bowen) 3:27.76, 2. Noblesville (Vohs, E. Knott, Hayward, Tricker) 3:35.48, 3. Westfield (G. Alley, Cassidy, Brown, Smith) 3:48.10, 8. Guerin Catholic (Moe, Schlick, Van Woerkom, Keller) 4:11.44.
Fishers won its sixth consecutive sectional championship last Saturday, scoring 531 team points. (Photo provided)
Fishers held off sectional host Hamilton Southeastern to win its sixth consecutive sectional title. It’s the 10th championship for the Tigers in school history.
Fishers scored 531 points to the Royals’ 490 points. The Tigers won seven events, including the last four, and had 16 qualifiers for state.
Emma Schumacher won the 200 and 500 freestyle events, while freshman Emily Wolf was first in the butterfly and backstroke. Avery Stein was first in the breaststroke. Fishers won two relays: Stein, Claire Francis, Frankie Ramey and Emma Schwertfeger were first in the 200 free relay, then Schumacher, Francis, Stein and Wolf won the 400 free relay.
The Tigers had nine additional state cut times: Francis in the 200 free, Stein and Mia Wilson in the IM, Schwertfeger in the 50 and 100 freestyles, Francis and Isabelle Heuck in the 500 free and Polina Sopova in the breaststroke. The medley relay team of Avery Hannon, Sopova, Wolf and Schwertfeger also made the cut.
Southeastern had four event victories, starting with the medley relay team of Naomi Haines, Julia Kiley, Audrey Crawford and Kiley Zoeller. Crawford later finished first in the IM, while Zoeller swept the 50 and 100 freestyles.
Other state cut qualifiers for Southeastern were Mia Henderson in the 200 and 100 freestyles, Crawford in the butterfly, Eloise Harrison and Julia Kiley in the breaststroke, the 200 free relay team of Anna Irish, Payton Walker, Harrison and Henderson and the 400 free relay team of Crawford, Henderson, Kiley and Zoeller. Zoe Rehm placed third in diving and will advance to the Fort Wayne South Side regional.
Hamilton Heights finished fourth as a team with 240 points, just behind third-place Yorktown’s 245. Campbell Lively-Mason won the diving event, scoring 377.05 points and easily moving on to the regional.
Sisters Teegan and Ayla Madara both qualified for state with cut times in the 500 free, with Teegan breaking five minutes in the event.
AT HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN
Team scores: Fishers 531, Hamilton Southeastern 490, Yorktown 245, Hamilton Heights 240, Oak Hill 175, Pendleton Heights 146, Anderson 102, Lapel 90, Marion 86, Elwood 50.
200 medley relay (State cut 1:49.12)
“A” Final: 1. Southeastern (Naomi Haines, Julia Kiley, Audrey Crawford, Kiley Zoeller) 1:42.29, 2. Fishers (Avery Hannon, Polina Sopova, Emily Wolf, Emma Schwertfeger) 1:44.52, 3. Hamilton Heights (Amira Leer, Teegan Madara, Ayla Madara, Sophia Hulen) 1:50.03.
200 freestyle (State cut 1:54.10)
“A” Final: 1. Emma Schumacher (F) 1:51.61, 2. Mia Henderson (HSE) 1:53.46, 3. Claire Francis (F) 1:53.59, 4. A. Madara (HH) 1:54.11, 5. Frankie Ramey (F) 1:57.39, 7. Izzy Schmitt (HSE) 2:00.48, 8. Meghan Voelker (HSE) 2:00.78.
200 individual medley (State cut 2:08.34)
“A” Final: 1. Crawford (HSE) 1:59.97, 2. Avery Stein (F) 2:00.86, 3. Mia Wilson (F) 2:08.10, 4. T. Madara (HH) 2:08.65, 5. Hannon (F) 2:09.00, 6. Eloise Harrison (HSE) 2:10.07, 7. Kiley (HSE) 2:10.32, 8. Leer (HH) 2:14.44.
“B” Final: 15. Adalynn Gould (HH) 2:45.23.
50 freestyle (State cut 24.19)
“A” Final: 1. Zoeller (HSE) 23.47, 2. Schwertfeger (F) 24.03, 3. Anna Irish (HSE) 24.83, 4. Hulen (HH) 24.84, 5. Lily Ziino (F) 24.99, 6. Sopova (F) 25.03, 7. Payton Walker (F) 25.34.
“B” Final: 14. Rachel England (HH) 28.71.
One-meter diving (Top four advance to regional)
Finals: 1. Campbell Lively-Mason (HH) 377.05, 3. Zoe Rehm (HSE) 273.00, 5. Elaine VanTrees (F) 251.65, 6. Allison Irwin (F) 222.25, 7. Adriana Salgado (HSE) 215.35, 9. Grace Van Overwalle (F) 194.50, 10. Juliet Pearce (HSE) 179.35.
100 butterfly (State cut 57.19)
“A” Final: 1. Wolf (F) 53.26, 2. Crawford (HSE) 53.87, 3. Ellason Miller (HSE) 58.10, 5. Lisa Bradford (F) 58.33, 6. Wilson (F) 58.37, 7. Lacey Huston (HSE) 58.66.
100 freestyle (State cut 52.62)
“A” Final: 1. Zoeller (HSE) 51.48, 2. Schwertfeger (F) 51.55, 3. Henderson (HSE) 52.13, 4. Haines (HSE) 53.18, 5. Hulen (HH) 53.50, 6. Ramey (F) 53.95, 7. Ziino (F) 54.56.
“B” Final: 12. England (HH) 1:04.28.
500 freestyle (State cut 5:08.30)
“A” Final: 1. Schumacher (F) 4:59.32, 2. T. Madara (HH) 4:59.45, 3. Francis (F) 5:04.06, 4. Isabelle Heuck (F) 5:07.88, 5. A. Madara (HH) 5:07.98, 6. Leer (HH) 5:13.42, 7. Voelker (HSE) 5:23.46.
“B” Final: 9. Huston (HSE) 5:27.82, 10. Sophia Croy (HSE) 5:35.61.
200 freestyle relay (State cut 1:39.13)
“A” Final: 1. Fishers (Stein, Francis, Ramey, Schwertfeger) 1:34.82, 2. Southeastern (Irish, Walker, Harrison, Henderson) 1:37.85, 7. Heights (Gould, Adi Amos, Allie Bushey, England) 1:56.54.
100 backstroke (State cut 57.39)
“A” Final: 1. Wolf (F) 55.27, 2. Hannon (F) 58.21, 3. Haines (HSE) 58.37, 4. Schmitt (HSE) 1:00.89, 5. Sophie Blue (F) 1:01.35, 6. Kelsey Graham (HSE) 1:01.40.
“B” Final: 14. Gould (HH) 1:13.32.
100 breaststroke (State cut 1:05.91)
“A” Final: 1. Stein (F) 1:03.65, 2. Harrison (HSE) 1:04.75, 3. Kiley (HSE) 1:05.53, 4. Sopova (F) 1:05.85, 5. Claudia Piotrowski (F) 1:08.57, 6. Jocelyn Graham (HSE) 1:10.39.
“B” Final: 12. Amos (HH) 1:20.43.
400 freestyle relay (State cut 3:36.46)
“A” Final: 1. Fishers (Schumacher, Francis, Stein, Wolf) 3:27.04, 2. Southeastern (Crawford, Henderson, Kiley, Zoeller) 3:28.14, 3. Heights (Hulen, Leer, T. Madara, A. Madara) 3:37.48.
At Zionsville, University’s Nia Williams finished 16th in the 100 freestyle with a time of 1:03.62. Williams’ finish scored one point for the Trailblazers.